Miscellaneous

Colorado: You Must Be So Proud!

A couple of months ago, Colorado State Representative Douglas Bruce made his presence immediately known when, during a prayer, Bruce kicked a photographer who was snapping a photo, which warranted a house censure. A little while later, he refused to co-sponsor a bill honoring military veterans and was booted from the State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.

I suppose, having gone a few weeks without attracting attention to himself, Rep. Doug Bruce made amends for it yesterday when, during debate over an immigration bill, he boldly declared, "I would like to have the opportunity to state at the microphone why I don't think we need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in Colorado." He was then cut off by the audibly shocked House chairwoman.

Well, he just misspoke, right? Of course, no one would refer to Mexicans as "illiterate peasants" on purpose, right?

"I got to the third sentence of my prepared statement and I was interrupted by the Democratic chair," said Bruce. "I said, ' I do not want,' so I was expressing my view, which was a true statement, 'that I don't want up to 5,000 more illiterate peasants coming to Colorado and I certainly don't want a government program to bring them here.'"

Oh. He meant it? Or maybe he was still high after Boulder's Bowl-a-Thon!

Full post as published by Quiz Law on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).